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Kalimpong kids : the New Zealand story, in pictures

Title
Kalimpong kids : the New Zealand story, in pictures / Jane McCabe.
Author
McCabe, Jane
Publication
  • Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2020.
  • ©2020

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139 pages : illustrations (some colour); 23 cm
Summary
In the early 20th century, 130 young Anglo-Indians were sent to New Zealand in an organised immigration scheme from Kalimpong, in the Darjeeling district of India. They were the mixed-race children of British tea planters and local women, and were placed as workers with New Zealand families from the Far North to Southland. Their settlement in New Zealand was the initiative of a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, the Rev Dr John Anderson Graham, who aimed to 'rescue' and provide a home and an education for children whose opportunities would have been limited in the country of their birth. Jane McCabe is the granddaughter of Lorna Peters, who arrived with a group from Kalimpong in 1921. Jane is one of many hundreds of descendants now spread throughout New Zealand. Most grew up with little or no knowledge of their parent's Indian heritage. The story of interracial relationships, institutionalisation - and the sense of abandonment that often resulted - was rarely spoken of. But since the 1980s increasing numbers have been researching their hidden histories. In the process, extraordinary personal stories and many fabulous photographs have come to light. Jane McCabe here tells this compelling and little-known New Zealand story, in pictures.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 21-1272
ISBN
  • 9781988592367
  • 1988592364
OCLC
1139391963
Author
McCabe, Jane, author.
Title
Kalimpong kids : the New Zealand story, in pictures / Jane McCabe.
Publisher
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Research Call Number
JFE 21-1272
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